Kalahari is on track to open in December in Spotsylvania, marking one of the largest private investments in the region’s history.
The project is expected to create 1,400 jobs and includes a 907-room hotel, a 150,000-square-foot convention center, a 175,000-square-foot indoor water park, and a 90,000-square-foot indoor adventure park. The resort will span 1.38 million square feet. Bill Freehling of the Fredericksburg Free Press writes that the complex is more than six times the size of the Central Park Walmart and roughly comparable to Mary Washington Hospital with two Walmarts added.
A centerpiece attraction will be the nation’s longest water coaster, and Kalahari has launched a contest inviting the public to help name the ride, with the winner earning the chance to be the first person to ride it. More information is available at kalahariresorts.com/virginia.
